From: Johannes Sixt Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:31:26 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] mingw: include the Python parts in the build Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <0s3o2pr2-o0q3-q394-83n3-n117355o8o29@tzk.qr> Am 29.07.22 um 16:29 schrieb Johannes Schindelin: > Now, I vaguely remember that j6t said that they switched to MSYS2 some > time ago, but all I found on the Git mailing list was > https://lore.kernel.org/git/6c2bbca7-7a8f-d3d8-04b6-31494a3e1b43@kdbg.org/ > which says that in 2017, MSys1 was still used by the person who apart from > myself did the most crucial work to support Git on Windows (and that > counts a lot in my book, so in this instance I am willing to bear a bit > more maintenance burden than I otherwise would for a single person, even > if the Windows-specific part of `config.mak.uname` is quite messy, I > admit). > > Hannes, do you still build with MSys1? Thank you for keeping me in the loop. No, I have long since switched to the Git for Windows tool set, i.e., MSYS2 + MinGW64. I don't know if anybody is still using MSys1 + MinGW. There's likely no reason to keep the MSys1 config section. -- Hannes